Re: [PATCH rdma-core 0/8] libpvrdma: userspace library for PVRDMA

[Adit Ranadive <aditr-pghWNbHTmq7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On Sat Nov 05 2016 14:24:17 GMT-0700 (PDT), Doug Ledford wrote:
> On 11/5/16 11:38 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 09:03:07AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > Oh, I wanted to ask about the name - we have two 'pv' drivers now,
> > > should this be called pvrdma_vmware or something? Is there a
> > > convention for this in other parts of the kernel?
> > 
> > Yes, it should, even if we have no exact convention.
> > 
> 
> Agreed.  I hate how long the driver name will end up being, but pvrdma_
> as a prefix sounds appropriate.
> 

Hi Jason/Doug,

I wasn't aware that there was another paravirtual RDMA driver being upstreamed.
Maybe I missed it in the linux-rdma list?

Shouldn't this be a vendor choice since it would depend on how they want
to name their driver as long as it doesn't clash with any existing ones?

Thanks,
Adit
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